Desktop Hardware issue. Need help
August 3rd, 2016
I have been having continuous problems with my HP pavilion p7-1044. –> System will shut off after staying on for about 7-10 minutes. The fans and motherboard lights stay on after the crash.
–> Try to power on after crash, the blue power light comes on, fans starts running, motherboard light comes on BUT the amber/orange light beside the blue power light does not come on and thus computer does not start
–> If i let it cool down for few hours, i may be able to get it up and running again. If i want the computer working right away after crash then I have to remove the fan, remove the processor and let it sit outside for 5-10 minutes and put it back and restart computer. then power blue light and orange processor? light comes on and computer starts
–> i have made sure its not power supply issue
–> i have wiped the silver liquid thats applied on the processor chip and applied new paste (followed a youtube video – step by step)
–> i have changed the fan. i have installed speedy fan and increased fan speed and that makes the computer stay on longer than 7-10 minutes. the computer stays on for hours but eventually crashes. –> done all that i could find on HP support. (pretty much did all basic hardware test)
–> the desktop was off for 3-4 months and today i turned on the computer (hoping my computer may have forgotten that it had this issue since it was off for 3-4 months and may be it will start working properly now ! ). but i was wrong. the computer worked properly for 7-10 minutes and it crashed. –> processor (little 1.5 inch chip) becomes very hot – which points that fan is issue but as mentioned above i have already replaced the fan and also tried increasing speed of fan
–> i have been working on this bloody issue for over a year now. i am so against taking the desktop to repair shop.
my next plan of attack to this problem includes replacing motherboard. or may be processor chip … any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys
System shutdowns at regular intervals almost always mean a heat issue. The motherboard shuts down at a specified temp to prevent damage.
You say you replaced the fans – did you replace the heatsink fan too?
yes, replaced the heat sink fan as well … i power on my computer with case open and use it for a bit. slowly the hot air starts from the motherboard fan…eventually it becomes too hot and it crashes… if i remove the processor , its untouchable … the fan is untouchable …its hot … can a bad memory (ram) cause this type of heat issue ?
Ram .. probably not. The CPU and sinkheat fan will always be too hot to touch – 45-50c at rest climbing to almost 100c (well this would be too hot but you get the point) when under a load.
So let me summarize .. you’ve replaced absolutely everything other than the CPU, RAM and the motherboard now. Hate to say it, but with the expense so far you could almost have a new system. You don’t have the CPU overclocked by chance? And for your graphics card … ?
how do i check if i have overclocked the cpu..any monitoring software ? i have standard integrated graphic card ..
reset your bios to factory defaults, that will make sure you’re not overclocked. tricky one, you sure you applied the thermal paste properly??? if there’s little or no thermal paste, explains why you’re getting a shut down because it’s due to heat, check again. check everything again to be on the safe side.
Hey, please try the following:
shut computer off
unplug power cable
press multiple times (5-10) to “turn on” your computer
give it few seconds then plug the power back
turn computer on.
update forum please.
System will shut off after staying on for about 7-10 minutes. The fans and motherboard lights stay on after the crash.
Not sure what you mean by shut off if it’s still running. Does it freeze? Does the screen go black?
Most of the time, when laptops overheat it’s because of the dust, so clean the air ducts and check all the fans, especially the one over the GPU.
Try starting your computer barebone (only one ram stick, no optical disk drive, no hard disk drive, …). You can make it boot on a USB stick and see if runs fine that way. If it does, try re-plugging the parts one by one and seeing when it fails.
Try running it with different RAM sticks. If you don’t have any spare RAM sticks, try running a Memtest but most of the time it’s not as useful and it can give false positives. It’s best to borrow RAM sticks from someone.
Also, what do you mean by ‘made sure it’s not a power supply issue’?
Sometimes the power supplies start giving out less power as they age. Computers usually go off completely when they can’t be powered properly, but you never know, sometimes weird things happen. To test for this you could add a second power supply for support but don’t do this unless you really know what you’re doing.
But again, give more details about what happens during the ‘crash’. Maybe it’s just a software issue.
Most of the time, when laptops overheat it's because of the dust, so clean the air ducts and check all the fans, especially the one over the GPU.
Hint: if you lookup HP pavilion p7-1044 you will see that it is a desktop.
Most of the time, when laptops overheat it's because of the dust, so clean the air ducts and check all the fans, especially the one over the GPU.
Hint: if you lookup HP pavilion p7-1044 you will see that it is a desktop.
ooooh my bad, I thought HP pavilions were all laptops
edit: oh and the subject said it’s desktop, stupid me >.<